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NFL's Buzzkill: No Beer at Giants Stadium by Paul Armentano
Washington Examiner OpEd

Following a string of violent incidents - including a pair of stabbings - between rowdy football fans during the team's previous games, Giants Stadium officials made the bold move to halt sales of the intoxicant. The rationale for the ban? Jets spokesman Ron Colangelo could not have been more blunt: "It's for the safety of our fans."

Alcohol's long-standing association with aggressive behavior, whether it's among raucous sports fans or late-night bar patrons, is well-publicized and much debated. Yet, a relevant fact that is often overlooked in this public discourse is that an alternative, almost equally consumed intoxicant, is rarely, if ever, linked with violence - - marijuana. However, unlike alcohol, marijuana is illegal and not only at Giants Stadium.



Hypocrisy 101: Why is Ganja even tested?

Run Ricky Run by Fred Gardner
Ricky Williams won't be playing in 2004. In late July he made two related announcements: that he was retiring from football, and that he found marijuana to be "10 times more helpful than Paxil" as a confidence builder.
(Glaxo has purged him from the Paxil website.)

Ricky Williams Feared Public Reaction to Marijuana Use

Stoner sportsmen
In team sports around the globe, top players love to get high.

Ricky Williams Latest Victim of Marijuana Prohibition
NFL Star's Choice of Relief for Social Anxiety Disorder Forces Him to End Career Prematurely
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- NFL star Ricky Williams is the victim of a double standard that punishes private, adult use of marijuana while turning a blind eye to flagrant alcohol abuse, the Marijuana Policy Project announced today.

Legalize It! July 29, 2004


MIAMI (AP) -- July 29, 2004
Retired Dolphins running back Ricky Williams said he failed a third drug test for marijuana use, which would cost him a four-game suspension if he decides to return to the NFL, The Miami Herald reported on its Web site Thursday.

Fans Too Relaxed for Fights

Cannabis Helps Keep Fans Calm
Police also claimed that the availability of cannabis in the Netherlands probably helped to defuse any violence. Scores of ticketless England fans gathered in coffee shops in Eindhoven, where cannabis is sold and smoked, to watch the game, greeting the defeat with mild disappointment and unusually, gentle applause. "It (cannabis) may have helped relax them," Mr Beelan added. "Even the hooligans enjoyed the party - and they told our officers. There were lots of things for fans to do and everybody had a good time."

Basketball Riots in L.A., Soccer Thugs in Europe

Euro 2000 Soccer Violence Could Vanish in a Puff



Mark Souder is the scum of the earth

Jive Souder: Drug Sentencing Reform Act

Congress Considers Dangerous Mandatory Minimum Sentences For Ganja
Ask Your Member of Congress To Oppose H.R.1528!

Act Retracts Financial Aid From Marijuana Users By Hilary Stohs-Krause
Source: Daily Nebraskan October 03, 2005 Nebraska *
Rape. Murder. Drunk driving.
None of these crimes will cost college students their Pell Grants, but walking down the street with a joint could. As of July 1, 2000, a provision in the Higher Education Act mandated that students’ eligibility for federal financial aid be suspended if they are convicted under federal or state laws of offenses involving the possession or sale of controlled substances.
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Higher Education Act
In 1998, Congress passed an amendment authored by Rep. Mark Souder that denies federal financial aid to any student with a drug conviction. Given the racially disproportionate enforcement of drug laws, the Souder-amendment has a greater impact on people of color than whites. Also, the Souder-amendment only punishes working class and middle class students since wealthy students do not rely on financial aid to attend college.

Food Stamps Become a Weapon in the War on Drugs

Drug Ruling Worries Some in Public Housing

New Bill Has Draconian Penalties - norml 11.29.03
As the 2003 Congressional legislative session comes to a close, Rep. Mark Souder, one of the most ardent drug warriors in Congress, intends to introduce legislation to drastically increase penalties for certain marijuana offenses.



Aggression and Violence in Sport


English Arsenal soccer fans beat a Galatasaray fan before the UEFA Cup final in central Copenhagen.

Tired of alcohol-fueled violence in sports?
The Washington Post covers the dangerous alcohol-fueled behavior
that takes place in many stadiums around the nation

Communities Tell Big Alcohol “Stop Using Kids as Billboards!”
Advocates reject alcohol-labeled T-shirts sold to young shoppers at JC Penney stores

"All propaganda must be so popular and on such an intellectual level, that even the most stupid of those towards whom it is directed will understand it. Therefore, the intellectual level of the propaganda must be lower the larger the number of people who are to be influenced by it."

Just Say No?

"Through clever and constant application of propaganda, people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other way around, to consider the most wretched sort of life as paradise.
From Benito Mussolini
contributing to the "London Sunday Express," December 8, 1935

Beer will get you laid, well ...


Advertising like political propaganda is the art of getting people
to believe in a dream world and advertisers know what buttons to push,

college students and binge drinking
Harvard university Study Finds that More College Sports Fans Binge Drink Than Non-Fan Students. Targeted Marketing and Advertising by the Alcohol Industry is Likely to be Influencing Fans' Heavy Drinking



Under the Influence
A compilation of Alcoholic-Beverage Industry Political Contributions to Members of the Appropriations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1997-1998

While few in politics claim that political contributions "buy" votes, almost everyone would agree that political contributions create access for the donor to express his or her ideas to a politician, and they often help produce an "open mind" that is conducive to a sympathetic understanding of the donor's views.

Alcohol-Industry Contributions
The alcoholic-beverage industry contributed a total of $294,690 to members of the House Appropriations Committee during the last election cycle (See Tables 3A and 3B). On average, members of the committee received $4,829 from alcoholic-beverage industry sources during the 1997-98 time period.

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Throwing the GOP an Anvil by mikepridmore
Sun Jan 01, 2006

Seeking Rest From the Terrors, New York Pops Pills

Republicans rose to control in 1994 vowing to clean up this cesspool. Instead, they've turned Congress into a "transactional institution" where lobbyists hire Republicans who write the legislation passed by the Republican leadership.
Ari Berman

Where food and corporate power, or food and trade intersect?
* Database of Scientists with ties to food and drug industry
* The revolving door between Monsanto and the Executive Branch
* Recent mergers in the food industry: who owns the natural foods companies?

Organic Consumers Association
DEA's Insane Policy on Banning Industrial Hemp in USA

Hemp Food Sales Grow 50 Percent Over Last Year

Cannabis News Hemp Archives
Ganja/Hemp lnfolinx * Cannabis Food *

"The Christian church has set up a religion of pomp and revenue
in pretended imitation of a person (Jesus) who lived a life of poverty."
Thomas Paine, American revolutionary philosopher

Mansonto, Cliarance & Conflicts of Ignorance...
cannabinoid.com A 7x5025 * cannabinoid.com B 7x4376

Mon$anto'$ WoD on Ditchweed


Monsantoads artificial sweetner made from coal tar.
It's the legal stuff that gets ya!

DeLay Pesticidal Killers
Poison Inc. Pesticides v Hemp

Political Influence & Litigation
In 2004, Rep. Tom Delay was the largest individual recipient of campaign contributions from Dow Chemical.

Dow Chemical 2004 PAC Summary Data
Total Receipts: $260,150
Total Spent: $244,438
Contributions from this PAC to federal candidates:
(25% to Democrats, 75% to Republicans) $142,341

Pesticides, Asbestos & Other Harmful Chemicals
Poisoning its Homegrounds

Dow has a history of profiting from war. During World War I, Dow manufactured mustard gas and picric acid. For World War II, it supplied magnesium for bombs and chemicals for rubber processing used by the war industry. The dreaded Napalm that was used by the US military to burn Vietnamese civilians and soldiers alike was a Dow innovation.

Dow's Unethical Business Practice

In 1986, Dow Chemical attempted to convince the Supreme Court that EPA planes shouldn't be allowed to fly over Dow's manufacturing facilities and take photos

Know More: The Dow Chemical Company

In February 2001, Dow Chemical took over Union Carbide of Bhopal notoriety. Dow was warned by survivors of the Bhopal disaster that Union Carbide is a criminal corporation and a fugitive from justice – a proclaimed absconder from criminal proceedings in the Bhopal court where it faces charges of manslaughter.


A protest for former Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson's extradition from the United States. Sign's subtext reads: "WE WON'T LET YOU BURY JUSTICE. EXTRADITE THE BUTCHER OF BHOPAL"

The Drug War Refugees

"The clergy converted the simple teachings of Jesus into an engine for enslaving mankind and adulterated by artificial constructions into a contrivance to filch wealth and power to themselves...these clergy, in fact, constitute the real Anti-Christ."
Thomas Jefferson, third President of the USA

Ganja/Hemp: The alternative to Booze, Petro Chem Poisons and Pharmaceuticals!

U.S. law enforcement spends $7.5 to $10 billion
annually enforcing marijuana laws.
Keith Stroup, (NORML)
U.S. law enforcement paraphernalia corporatists
make $7.5 to $10 billion annually enforcing marijuana laws.

Cannabis Buyers Clubs: Articles & Info



The 'Virtues' of Ganja
Alcohol vs Marijuana...
Reduce family and community violence
Alcohol use makes domestic violence 8 times more likely. . .
Marijuana use does not.

Safer Choice * Change The Climate



"Cannabis can be used on an episodic but continual basis
without evidence of social or psychic dysfunction.
In many users the term dependence with its obvious connotations,
probably is mis-applied...
The chief opposition to the drug rests on a moral and political,
and not toxicologic, foundation"
The USA Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy 1987



Stressed Soldiers to Receive Cannabis August 04, 2004
Hundreds of Israeli soldiers have combat stress after completing their national service in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Help is on the way. They will soon be treated with cannabis.

Stressed sports fans should have the same opportunity!

Only The PotHeads Will Survive
30 Nov 2001

Counter Reefer Maniac accusations that marijuana users support terrorism with the plain fact that these dizzy morons are preventing the use of the "best available protection against nerve gas attack" with their marijuana madness.

Among its many properties cannabis provides considerable protection from a number of lethal nerve gas symptoms by defending the brain from injury and suppressing the the seizures, nausea and vomiting associated with chemical warfare agents.

This is not a pothead myth because the Israeli Army, which has no time for Reefer Madness nonsense, equips their soldiers with cannabis compounds to protect against a chemical warfare attack.

Ganja: suppressing the seizures, nausea and vomiting
associated with binge drinking too?

Organic Cannabis/Tobacco vs Chemical Cigarettes



"What influence in fact have Christian ecclesiastical establishments had on civil society? In many instances they have been upholding the thrones of political tyranny. In no instance have they been seen as the guardians of the liberties of the people. Rulers who wished to subvert the public liberty have found in the clergy convenient auxiliaries. A just government, instituted to secure and perpetuate liberty, does not need the clergy."
James Madison, fourth President of the USA

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RICKY WILLIAMS AND THE NFL'S BRAIN DAMAGED POLICY by Stephen Young, (Source:DrugSense Weekly) 10 Mar 2006

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The Karma of the Steelers...
trading MVP Santonio Holmes because of a pot bust...
Super Bowl XLV Pittsburgh 25 Green Bay 31

NFL Buzzkill


Santonio Holmes made several big plays in the fourth quarter for the Steelers, including his game-winning touchdown catch with 35 seconds remaining.

Police: Steelers’ Santonio Holmes had pot during stop October 24, 2008

Santonio Holmes Sorry For Drug Citation,
Talks At Steelers Team Meeting October 24, 2008

Steelers' Santonio Holmes sidelined by marijuana charge October 25, 2008



From tough background, Holmes emerges as Super Bowl MVP 2.1.09

Steelers take sixth Super Bowl title on late TD catch by Holmes 2/3/2009
Like the one that preceded it, came down to the final minute and to a winning touchdown pass. Ben Roethlisberger delivered it, Santonio Holmes caught it from 6 yards out while keeping both feet inside the white lines, and the Steelers, with a 27-23 victory against the Arizona Cardinals, won a record sixth Super Bowl. Holmes' reception, with 35 seconds remaining, saved the Steelers from the ignominy of allowing the biggest comeback in this game's history.



Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Santonio Holmes arraigned on marijuana charge April 29, 2009
Pittsburgh police said they found three marijuana-filled cigars in Holmes' car when he was pulled over Oct. 23. Holmes was stopped because his car was similar to one they were looking for in a drug sting.

Pittsburgh Steelers Kick Santonio Holmes To The Curb…
His New Home Is In NY April 12th, 2010
The Jets landed former Super Bowl XLIII MVP Santonio Holmes on the cheap last night, acquiring the troubled wideout from the Steelers for the fire-sale price of a fifth-round pick in this month’s NFL Draft. Holmes, who was arrested twice and cited for marijuana possession from 2006-2008, is under investigation for assault in Orlando last month and reportedly is facing suspension for the first four games of 2010 for violating the NFL’s substance-abuse policy.



NFL suspends new Jets WR Santonio Holmes April 12th 2010
four games for violating league's substance abuse policy



Skeletons in the Steelers' closet 01-27-2011


1970's Pittsburgh Steelers Steel Curtain
Dwight White, LC Greenwood, Joe Green and Ernie Holmes

The Pittsburgh Steelers are the greatest franchise in sports.
But you know what I've learned while covering this team, extensively, during the past 15 years? They also might be one of the dirtiest. These are reports, allegations or documented instances of shooting
at cops, assaults against women, drugs, deadly high-speed car chases and suicides -- as well as repeated questions about performance-enhancing drugs. Chad Millman's book, "The Ones Who Hit The Hardest: The Steelers, the Cowboys, the '70s and the Fight for America's Soul." traces the Pittsburgh Paradox back to its exact origin: defensive end Ernie Holmes. "I think he wanted to beat people to death -- within the rules of the game," former Steelers safety Mike Wagner says of Holmes in the book.



In March 1973 Holmes, who was later diagnosed as suffering from acute paranoid psychosis, allegedly pulled a shotgun from his truck while driving on the Ohio turnpike and began shooting out the tires of passing trucks. This led to a high-speed chase, a shootout and a standoff with state police that ended in a nearby forest with Holmes allegedly shooting an officer in the ankle.

Two days later, a lawyer paid for by the Rooneys bailed Holmes out of jail using $45,000 supplied by the Rooneys. He was then taken to a psychiatric hospital (also paid for by the Rooneys) where he stayed for two months. When he got out, Holmes pleaded guilty to assault with a deadly weapon and, somehow, was given five years probation. A few months later, though, Holmes was back at training camp and in the starting lineup, where he helped the Steelers win their first two Super Bowls.

Steelers Saddened By Holmes Death January 18, 2008

The Steve Courson Story," the former Steelers offensive lineman wrote that 75 percent of the offensive linemen on the Steelers' Super Bowl teams in the late 1970s had used steroids.

Steroid use was, after all, not banned by the league at the time, and I
wonder if the spotlight has fallen on the Steelers largely because they were so damn good. Not everyone agrees, though. "It started, really, in Pittsburgh," Jim Haslett said in 2005 while coaching the New Orleans Saints. "They got an advantage on a lot of football teams. They were so much stronger [in the] '70s, late '70s, early '80s. They're the ones who kind of started it."

The Steelers challenged this statement, of course, but the ramifications -- and suspicions -- linger. A 2009 investigation by ESPN into the Steelers' history with performance-enhancing drugs found an alarming number of former players suffering from heart ailments. "Even if there is no pattern or clue linking the deaths to
steroids," wrote the article's author, Mike Fish, "since 2000, 17 former Steelers have died before they reached the age of 59."

Seventeen men. Dead.

Still think this is all sensationalist anti-Steelers crap? continued...